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Old 07-13-2011, 01:32 PM   #91
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See, I already lost you with the word "Latin". I don't know Latin!

And I still think it's After Midday and Past Midday...
Don't you ever use other Latin abbreviations such as "etc.", "e.g." or "i.e."?
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The expression "it doesn't faze me" is quite common in my experiences to mean that something doesn't bother you.

On my most recent trip to England, I noticed that everyone kept asking me "are you alright?". I don't recall being asked this question so commonly on previous trips. At first I kept thinking do I look like something is wrong with me like I'm jetlagged or ill? Then I realized it was just another way of saying "how are you?". In America we would not ask a question like that unless you thought that everything wasn't all right so I found it to be slightly irritating.
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Old 07-13-2011, 05:04 PM   #93
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"Are you alright?" as an alternative for "How (are) you doing?" would sound bizarre to me also.
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Old 07-13-2011, 05:14 PM   #94
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"Are you alright?" as an alternative for "How (are) you doing?" would sound bizarre to me also.
Me too. What we'd actually say is, "Alright?" - it"s just a way of saying hello, we couldn't care less how you are in reality
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Old 07-13-2011, 05:25 PM   #95
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Yeah... took me years to get to grips with the W Midlands/Black Country/Birmingham "alright" as "hello" instead of wanting a comment on one's health etc...
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Old 07-13-2011, 07:36 PM   #96
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I'm still trying to get used to restaurant servers who say "How's it tasting?" rather than "Everything okay?"
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Old 07-13-2011, 09:03 PM   #97
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Don't you ever use other Latin abbreviations such as "etc.", "e.g." or "i.e."?
It might well be, that in Dutch (as in Polish or German) said abbreviaitions are made from local idioms.

etc.: DE=usw. (und so weiter) PL=itd. (i tak dalej)
e.g.: DE=z.B. (zum Beispiel) PL=np. (na przykład)

where I can positively prove the use of lat. abbreviations is in case of footnotes in German when you want to avoid repetition of a footnotes content and say ibid or l.c. instead.
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Old 07-14-2011, 01:45 AM   #98
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where I can positively prove the use of lat. abbreviations is in case of footnotes in German when you want to avoid repetition of a footnotes content and say ibid or l.c. instead.
I find ebd. (ebenda) and a.a.O. (am angegebenen Ort) much more common, though both (including the Latin abbreviations) are frowned upon by recent style guides

This is really going to far, though, so I'll leave it at that.
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Old 07-14-2011, 04:14 AM   #99
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On my most recent trip to England, I noticed that everyone kept asking me "are you alright?".
Just the current incarnation of "How do you do?", which I believe made it to the American West as "Howdy".
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The expression "it doesn't faze me" is quite common in my experiences to mean that something doesn't bother you.

On my most recent trip to England, I noticed that everyone kept asking me "are you alright?". I don't recall being asked this question so commonly on previous trips. At first I kept thinking do I look like something is wrong with me like I'm jetlagged or ill? Then I realized it was just another way of saying "how are you?". In America we would not ask a question like that unless you thought that everything wasn't all right so I found it to be slightly irritating.
Whereabouts in England was that? I visit England regularly and I can't say I've encountered that as a normal thing.
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Don't you ever use other Latin abbreviations such as "etc.", "e.g." or "i.e."?
Not a lot. Of those 3 you mention, I only use "etc". Etcetera is also adopted into the Dutch language (the same with nota bene).

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It might well be, that in Dutch (as in Polish or German) said abbreviaitions are made from local idioms.

etc.: DE=usw. (und so weiter) PL=itd. (i tak dalej)
e.g.: DE=z.B. (zum Beispiel) PL=np. (na przykład)

where I can positively prove the use of lat. abbreviations is in case of footnotes in German when you want to avoid repetition of a footnotes content and say ibid or l.c. instead.
etc = etc
e.g. = bijv. (bijvoorbeeld)
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A phrase I always notice on US TV is "shot to death",

whereas I've only ever heard "shot dead" on Irish/British TV.

i.e. "The intruder was shot dead by the police"

There have been a couple of articles over the past year where people visiting Ireland have expressed amusement/irritation at our tendency to say "How are you", or "How's it going" in place of hello, and most often not expecting/listening to the response.
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There have been a couple of articles over the past year where people visiting Ireland have expressed amusement/irritation at our tendency to say "How are you", or "How's it going" in place of hello, and most often not expecting/listening to the response.
In South Africa, it is common to say "Howzit", yet another contraction in the same vein as "Howdy". Again, the speaker is not really expecting an in depth response regarding your health - it's just another way of saying hello. The usual response is "Howzit" right back.
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Just the current incarnation of "How do you do?", which I believe made it to the American West as "Howdy".
Howdy is popular in Texas and the American South, I think, but not so much where I live.

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Whereabouts in England was that? I visit England regularly and I can't say I've encountered that as a normal thing.
I travel regularly to Southern England, more specifically the areas surrounding the Solent: Isle of Wight - Southampton - Portsmouth. It's very beautiful in the coastal areas, the people are friendly, and I very much enjoy it there.

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There have been a couple of articles over the past year where people visiting Ireland have expressed amusement/irritation at our tendency to say "How are you", or "How's it going" in place of hello, and most often not expecting/listening to the response.
That would be the typical American greeting that I'm used to as well.
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A phrase I always notice on US TV is "shot to death",

whereas I've only ever heard "shot dead" on Irish/British TV.

i.e. "The intruder was shot dead by the police"
I've see the phrase used in the news media often of late.

Regarding the dived - dove controversy, is that like hanged - hung?

As I understand, hanged is like "hanged by the neck until dead" whereas hung is like "well endowed"!
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